Garden hose reel assembly



Jan. 22, 1952 R. L. MOONSHOWER 2,583,1

GARDEN HOSE REEL ASSEMBLY Filed July 30, 1949 II f? Q Q INVENTOR.

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This invention relates to a garden hose reel assembly.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a hose reel assembly wherein the hose can be carried upon a reel and connected as a unit to a water supply pipe and wherein this assembly can be attached to a buildin wall in a releasable manner.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a hose reel assembly which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to handle, compact, has a minimum number of parts, sturdy, convenient to use eincient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a garden hose assembly having a bracket adapted to be releasably connected to an attaching plate on the side of a building.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention wherein the wheel is mounted upon a ground support.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the figures, it; represents an attaching plate adapted to be connected to a wall surface by screws ii. This attaching plate has inwardly bent side portions 22 and it. These side portions are adapted to receive inwardly bent ends It of a bracket member is as the bracket member i is lowered into the attaching plate in. This bracket member contains a fitting 56 to which an elbow ii is connected for receiving water therefrom. lhe fitting it is threaded, as in dicated at it, to receive a hose coupling in for the supplying of water to the fitting. A pet cock M is mounted on the lower end of the fitting to effect the draining of water from the hose which is provided upon a reel 22, as indi ated at 23. A pipe 24 extends inwardly from the elbow ii, Fig. 3, and this pipe serves as the support for reel 22. Within the reel are apertured spaced plates and 25 which receive the pipe it. On this pipe is a coupling 21 which receives a pipe 23 having a T fitting 29 for delivering water to an elbow 3! to which hose 23 is attached. This elbow Iii extends through a slot 32 in the reel 22. A crank 33 is connected to the T fitting 2% to effect the turning of the member iii and the hose 23 upon the reel 22.

The reel has end flanges 34 and 35. The reel 22 also has a slot 3i through which access can be had to the coupling 2'5.

With the attaching bracket l5 mounted in the plate ill, the reel will be supported upon the side,

2 of the building and when it is desired to draw the hose inwardly upon the reel crank 33 is turned.

Wh le one support structure has been provided, it will be apparent that a different supporting structure can be provided as shown in Fig. 2, and there is a base 38 on which a reel 39 is journalled for rotation about a vertical axis. This reel 39 is constructed similar to the reel 22, but is open at its upper end and crank it thereof is a part of the pipe for delivering water to an arm 52 thereof which extends outwardly through the reel and has a bent portion &3. The base 33 has an inlet projection to which a supply hose i5 is attached.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of my invention, what is claimed is:

A hose reel assembly comprisin an attaching plate adapted to be secured to a vertical wall surface, said attaching plate having inwardly extending wing portions, a bracket having portions adapted to fit the inwardly extending wing pertions of the attaching plate to be releasably secured thereto, a water'receiving fitting connected to the bracket and adapted to have a water supply hose connected thereto, an elbow extending from the water receiving fitting, a hollow shaft connected to the elbow for receiving water, crank means connected to said shaft and having anoutwardly extending water delivery pipe arm, a reel journalled on said shaft, said pipe arm extending radially through the reel and to the earterior thereof and in driving relationship therewith and releasable couplin means between the shaft and the axle portion of the crank means to permit the rotation of the crank means and the ree1 relative to the shaft, said axle portion of the crank means being hollow and in water supply connection with the pipe arm.

RALPH LERQY MOONSHOVVER.

The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 775,931 Ott Nov. 29, 1904 988,766 Frigon Apr. l, 1911 990,453 Newton Apr. 25, 1911 1,350,499 Hamner Aug. 24, 1920 1,441,157 Krenke Jan. 2, 1923 1,886,207 Marshall et al. Nov. 1, 1932 

